Editing Gilbert Perreault (section)

==Retirement==
Perreault retired at the end of the 1985-86 season. Thereafter, pension changes came into effect significantly boosting the pensions of retired players who played at least 20 games in the [[1986–87 NHL season|1986-87]] season. He duly came out of retirement and still played effectively, scoring 9 goals in the first 14 games.<ref name=TP/> He retired for good on November 24, 1986, after his 20th game.<ref name=TP/>

He finished his career with scoring totals of 512 goals and 814 assists for 1326 points in 1191 games. At the time of his retirement, Perreault was the sixth leading scorer in NHL history. Along with the other two members of the French Connection, Perreault was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame in 1989. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Sabres retired his number 11 in the same year, having been the only player to ever wear number 11 for the Buffalo Sabres; his #11 was the first number retired by the Sabres.<ref name=LoHOoOGP/> When his [[The French Connection (ice hockey)|French Connection]] linemates' numbers were retired, Perreault's #11 was lowered and raised back between [[Rick Martin|Martin's]] #7 and [[René Robert|Robert's]] #14, as the Buffalo Sabres retired the French Connection line as a group, marking the first three players to have their numbers retired by the Sabres. A statue of "The French Connection," unveiled in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/sabres/2012/10/12/buffalo-sabres-the-french-connection-statue/1630925/ |title=Sabres unveil statue honoring French Connection |publisher=Usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-01}}</ref> is located outside of the Sabres' arena, known today as KeyBank Center.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/history/20-years-1-building-4-names-buffalos-downtown-arena/article_504c705b-07a7-5216-98c5-fe3e3706c0fa.html |title=20 years, 1 building, 4 names: Buffalo's downtown arena |first=Dave |last=DeLuca |orig-date=September 19, 2016 |date=July 23, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]}}</ref>

Since his retirement from hockey, Perreault has remained active in the game, coaching Junior teams in the [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]]. In addition, he also plays on occasion with the [[Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team]] for charity events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabresalumni.com/history/roster.php?letter=P |title=Buffalo Sabres All-Time Roster |publisher=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715223201/http://www.sabresalumni.com/history/roster.php?letter=P |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>